How to Install and Uninstall iucode-tool Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "iucode-tool" package

Please follow the steps below to install iucode-tool on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                iucode-tool
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "iucode-tool" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall iucode-tool on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                iucode-tool
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the iucode-tool package on Kali Linux

Package: iucode-tool
Version: 2.3.1-3
Installed-Size: 109
Maintainer: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: intel-microcode (>= 1)
Size: 56128
SHA256: 7b20b90c02499afef90ad7cfff24d008eac496f4afcb291852541b8483e4c6e1
SHA1: 8ae71d62ee7faf9813691a8fed4af92961035851
MD5sum: 3738080ee24dee0d4bc366871ef5cb8a
Description: Intel processor microcode tool
iucode_tool is a program to manipulate Intel® X86 and X86-64 processor
microcode collections, and to use the kernel facilities to upgrade the
microcode on Intel system processors.
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It can load microcode data files in text and binary format, sort, list and
filter the microcodes contained in these files, write selected microcodes to a
new file in binary format, or upload them to the kernel.
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It operates on non-free microcode data downloaded directly from Intel or
installed by the intel-microcode package.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://gitlab.com/iucode-tool
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/i/iucode-tool/iucode-tool_2.3.1-3_amd64.deb